[Fmpro] 80% Non-Lyric Penalty?

[Pete]

--- Mark Northam wrote:
> Another benefit to keeping your mouth shut and
> smiling while your minute of music is whacked with >
a 80% penalty by ASCAP if it doesn't have lyrics.

Anybody want to challenge the statement that music is
automatically whacked with an 80% penalty if it
doesn't have lyrics? Or does everyone accept it as a
true statement? Has anyone read that in any music biz
book, heard it in a music biz class, read it in any
aggreements they signed with ASCAP, heard it anywhere
other than the Film Music Network?

Pete


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